[She can't help the small giggle that escapes her after his oh-so-charming "um okay good." But it's just so characteristically Percy, and she loves it. Him.]
[Then he smiles at her like that, and she can tell it's not teasing. It makes her happy, too, erases some of the anxiety secretly plaguing her about - all of this, them. Her smiles deepens into a full one, and when he leans back over to kiss her, she closes her eyes in the feeling and trust.] An understatement for both of us.
[She moves her arms around his shoulders, so she's half hugging him, for the gesture of embrace above anything else. Annabeth ducks her head towards the crook of his neck and pulls him closer at the same time, because for what she's about to say, she's not sure she can look at him right now, muttered and mumbled as it is.] I love you, Percy.
[Because really, that's about all she's thinking about right now.]
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[Then he smiles at her like that, and she can tell it's not teasing. It makes her happy, too, erases some of the anxiety secretly plaguing her about - all of this, them. Her smiles deepens into a full one, and when he leans back over to kiss her, she closes her eyes in the feeling and trust.] An understatement for both of us.
[She moves her arms around his shoulders, so she's half hugging him, for the gesture of embrace above anything else. Annabeth ducks her head towards the crook of his neck and pulls him closer at the same time, because for what she's about to say, she's not sure she can look at him right now, muttered and mumbled as it is.] I love you, Percy.
[Because really, that's about all she's thinking about right now.]